Finding Hope While Grieving Losses - Orphan Dreams Exist !

by Susan H. McIntyre
(Rancho Cucamonga, CA, USA)

This is the poem I wrote on the day I found hope. I had gone through years of mechanically following cancer, fibro, migraine, asthma, etc. etc. etc. treatment. Nothing I had hoped to do was possible anymore. I was in deep grief for the loss of dreams. Then one day this poem came to me, and I realized that there could be a better life to come. If you are grieving the loss of old dreams and need hope, I hope this poem will help. I have since written a book by the same title, and never before had I thought I would get to be an author/poet. Now, after all the crud, my own orphan dream is bearing fruit. I'm not trying to get you to buy my book. Just read the poem and take heart during dark times.

Orphan Dreams

I tripped over something today –Nearly fell flat on my face.It wasn’t there yesterday,Yet there it sat, quietlyLooking at me with hope in its eyes.